STIRLING COUNCIL
MINUTES of the STATUTORY MEETING of STIRLING COUNCIL held in the COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, VIEWFORTH, STIRLING on THURSDAY 18 MAY 2017 at 6.00 PM
Present:
Councillor Maureen BENNISON
Councillor Neil BENNY
Councillor Alistair BERRILL
Councillor Margaret BRISLEY
Councillor Douglas DODDS
Councillor Martin EARL
Councillor Scott FARMER
Councillor Bryan FLANNAGAN
Councillor Danny GIBSON
Councillor Graham HOUSTON
Councillor Chris KANE
Councillor Graham LAMBIE
Councillor Alison LAURIE
Councillor Alasdair MACPHERSON
Councillor Jeremy MCDONALD
Councillor Susan MCGILL
Councillor Ross OXBURGH
Councillor Christine SIMPSON
Councillor Alasdair TOLLEMACHE
Councillor Jim THOMSON
Councillor Evelyn TWEED
In Attendance
Jim Boyle, Chief Officer – Finance
Alastair Brown, Director of Localities & Infrastructure
Stewart Carruth, Chief Executive / Returning Officer
Kevin Kelman, Senior Manager – Schools, Learning & Education
David McDougall, Governance Officer
Nicole Paterson, Senior Manager – Environment & Place
Kirsty Scott, Service Manager – Communications, Events & Public Affairs
Karen Swan, Committee Officer
Iain Strachan, Chief Officer – Governance (Clerk)
The Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 required that the election of a Convener should be the first business transacted at the first meeting of a Council following an ordinary election of Councillors and that until the election of a Convener, the returning Officer should preside. Accordingly, Stewart Carruth, Returning Officer for the Stirling Council area, chaired the meeting until the election of a Convener.
The Returning Officer welcomed everyone to the meeting. He tabled the results for the Stirling Council elections on 4 May 2017 (attached as Appendix 1 to this minute), and congratulated the Councillors on their election to the Council.
The Returning Officer’s report noted that 9 Scottish Conservative & Unionist, 9 Scottish National Party, 4 Scottish Labour Party and 1 Scottish Green Party Councillors had been elected and therefore no political group had an overall majority on the Council. The overall turnout for the elections was 53.3%.
Upon the Chief Officer – Governance introducing the first item of business and starting to summarise the report, Cllr Gibson, seconded by Cllr Farmer, moved that the meeting be adjourned until 6.00pm on Wednesday 24 May 2017. Following the Chief Officer - Governance checking with Cllr Benny and Cllr Tollemache, this was agreed unanimously without the need for a roll call vote. Subsequently Council agreed to adjourn the Statutory meeting and re-convene on Wednesday 24 May 2017 at 6.00pm.
The Returning Officer closed the meeting at 6.10 pm